New blog post up:

Viruses

https://morphosuser.wordpress.com/2015/12/05/viruses/

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The good old Virus Help Denmark site is still there at the original address http://www.vht-dk.dk ! :)

And other virus killers are ok too if you use the latest virus definition library (xvs.library).

I also use "Decrunch Data Files" which works here under MorphOS. I think it's better to decrunch everything you can when checking files. Although I skip the "Decrunch File Archives" to save time.. but of course if you bother you can let it go through all lhas, zips and whatever it unpacks then... but if you only want to check the installed stuff then you can skip that.

The system vector requester at the start happens also on real Amiga if you have patched some system components, like you usually have. Usually it's nothing to worry as you suspected.

And if you don't want to write that "sys:" there, you can click right mouse button over the file list or "Volumes" button with lmb to get list of volumes, and select any partition there easily with the mouse.

[ Edited by jPV 06.12.2015 - 10:30 ]

Thanks for the intel jPV!

> other virus killers are ok too until you use the latest [...] xvs.library

Why? What goes wrong if you do?

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Changed it a bit, I'd really need an official proof-reader.

Updated the blog to add jPV:s info.

Blog updated:

Mirrorcopy

https://morphosuser.wordpress.com/2016/02/23/mirrorcopy/

mirrorcopy.readme has useful information, but unfortunately it seems to have two extra characters which causes some programs to think that it's a binary file. Multiview doesn't show anything, Ambient's internal text viewer shows few lines but stops there at the first binary character, and Scribble complains it's a binary file and doesn't open it :) If you open it for example with "More" then you can read it.

I wouldn't personally use that long device name in HDConfig... it doesn't need to be same you use with the format program (HDConfig creates a "device name" and formatting gives a "volume name" (like DH1: is a device name and System: is a volume name). But I guess it's not that serious to use it like in the blog either...

If you want to backup MorphOS SDK (which contains lots of soft links) or any other directory containing soft links, you shouldn't use the NOSOFT option. It seems that mirrorcopy didn't work properly with softlinks with some earlier version, but the latest one should handle them just fine and I'd use it without the NOSOFT option just in case to get everything backuped for sure.

And if you want to check the data integrity of the backupped files, mirrorcheck, dirdiff, or similar program is nice for that :) Broken USB devices could cause NAK timeout or something which may break some transferred data...

Also if you want to backup to USB device which is in non-amiga format, you could create a SFS formatted image file on the device, and backup there. Here's a tutorial for that http://library.morph.zone/MorphOS_External_USB_Drive_Backup_Guide

Thanks jPV, as always I've updated the blog. Hope it's correct now.

Thank you very much for this article!

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One little note :) "More" is also found from Ambient by right clicking the file and selecting "Open With -> More...", not just from the shell ;)

I forgot about that

Thanks for the VirusZ post. Helped me find some viruses.. in my 2.4gb I had 30 adf's with bootblock viruses. Have to make sure they are viruses though. Some could be custom bootblocks since they are cracks.

Blog updated:

Taking a break

https://morphosuser.wordpress.com/2016/05/08/taking-a-break/

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See you in 2034 ;)

[ Edited by Kronos 08.05.2016 - 17:27 ]

@Kronos

He he he. I was thinking more like when he starts to play with toys and not trying to break everything he sees just for the lols

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O.k. make that 2043

*runs*

Heh, I would certainly see continuation a bit sooner :) It's been really nice blog and I really appreciate the time put into it, so thanks for the work already done.

I will return one day. I'm still using MorphOS as my main OS so it's only a matter of time

This is not blog related (yet) but I'm working on an updated icon pack based on Mattahans icons. This time I'm focusing on folders. The goal is to have all the folders needed for at least most MorphOS folders. I've just started working on it, but I'm looking for feedback. What do ya'll think?

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They look great! Would love a blog post giving a step-by-step on how to make my MorphOS environment as lovely as yours.

Looking forward to the return of your blog one day soon - it's a great resource and good inspiration!

@Ginger1

Thanks I plan to return one day. But first I need to finish this project and because of feature creep, it will take some time

New WIP up, adding more colors (including MorphOS Icons own shade of blue). The cup turned out to need some more work on:

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@Yasu

No mate. A big, fat NO. You know that I admire your enthusiasm and followed your blog actively but this set of icons has absolutely nothing to do with the Amiga/MorphOS. The same goes for Papi's default icon set on Pack Ultimate. Hope someday we get a talented/dedicated user who will readjust the look and feel of MOS based on improving a classic Amigish icon set. Till then, hav to resort to OS4 icons :P

@Cool_amigaN

Critizism noted. But it doesn't change my taste for this style

Another WIP. I'm not sure I like the result. Maybe I should try to find icons that match the different game genres, but I'm not sure if it will look good or be worth all the work. The idea is to have a clean set of icons where you can easily see what kind of games are in the folders. But the downside is that you will have a harder time navigating the different folders. On the other hand, if you do have different icons with all the different genres, then it will be very cluttered and hard to navigate through too.

Any ideas guys?

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